Revanth Reddy fails to meet Rahul Gandhi again, sparks rumours of diminishing influence in Congress

Chief Minister and some of his Cabinet colleagues were in New Delhi on Wednesday to participate in the AICC office inauguration, but could not meet Rahul

Hyderabad: A Revanth Reddy’s failure to meet Congress MP Rahul Gandhi yet again in New Delhi has fuelled fire to the speculations in the party over the state of affairs between the Gandhi family and the Telangana Chief Minister.

Interestingly, Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president YS Sharmila met Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi. She had a meeting with the Congress MP over the political affairs in Andhra Pradesh and discussed the measures being taken to strengthen Congress in the State.

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The Chief Minister, along with some of his Cabinet colleagues, was in New Delhi on Wednesday to participate in the AICC office inauguration. Though, he was in the national capital on Thursday, he could not meet Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and this has left the State leaders dejected.

Party sources claimed that Rahul Gandhi could not meet Revanth Reddy due to prior appointments. Accordingly, the State leaders, including the Chief Minister held a meeting with AICC general secretary KC Venugopal over a few aspects, including preparations for local bodies’ elections and others.

After the meeting, the Chief Minister left the venue and TPCC president Mahesh Kumar Goud spoke to the media.

Revanth Reddy has been to New Delhi quite a few times in the recent past but could not meet Rahul Gandhi or Congress Parliamentary Party chief Sonia Gandhi. And, this is not going well with the party leaders, triggering enough speculations on the widening gap between the Chief Minister and the Gandhi family.

More so, the State leaders are perplexed over the fact that other Ministers, including Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister D Anasuya met Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi in New Delhi on December 10 last year, but the Chief Minister could not.

Prior to this on October 26, TPCC president Mahesh Kumar Goud met AICC chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi in the capital. He had also personally invited the Congress MP to participate in the State-level consultation on caste census held in November in the city.